Game apparatus.



' H. L. GARRISON.

GAME APPARATUS.

APPLGATTON FILED FEB.7,1914.

1,116,583, Patented Nov.10,1914.

WITNESSES: 1W VEA/TOR.

UNITED sTaTEs PATENT oEEToE. Y

HENRY L. GARRISON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

GAME APPARATUS.

T0 all whom it may concern Be itknown that I, HENRY L. GARRISON, acitizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cookand State of Illinois, have invented certain new and use fulImprovements in Game Apparatus, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to games in which a surface projectile isemployed, and its object is to provide a goal to receive the ball orprojectile, thesamve being provided with means whereby the ball isprevented' from rolling out after'entering the goal.

In order that the invention may be better understood, reference is hadto the accompanying drawing, in Which- Figure 1 is a plan viewrof thegoal, and Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. 1

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5

denotes a base plate, thel center of which is the objective point lorgoal of the ball or. other surface projectile of the game appara tus,said center being painted or otherwise distinctively marked. Around thebase plate, the samebeing circular, is arranged .a series ofsubstantially sector-shaped guard members having intermediate bendsdividing the same into two angularly disposed parts 6 and' 7,respectively. The guard members are positioned so that the bendvcoincides with the periphery of the base plate, and they are pivoted tosaid plate by means of small looped wires 8, the part 6 'projectinghorizontally outward from the 'a periphery of the base plate and restingat its free end on the table, fioor or other support on which the baseplate rests. The part 7 extends upward at an obtuse angle or inclinefrom the part-6, in the direction of the center of the base plate. T heguard members completely encircle the base plate and the parts 7 are sodimensioned that there is in presence oi sufficient space above lthecenter of the base plate to accommodate the ball. j

By mounting the guard members as herein described, they arc free to tiltto allow the ball to pass to the center of the plate in side the circledescribed by the inclined parts 7 .l A ball approaching the base platerolls over the part 6, and upon striking `the incline 7, the guardmember tilts as shown .by dotted lines in Fig. 2, whereupon theballrolls to the center of the base plate 5. Assoon as the ball rollsoit the partl 7, the same tilts back to its normal upright position, andthe ballnow cannot roll out or od the goal, itbeing held in the centerlof the base plate by the upstanding part 7 sur rounding the same.

f The parts may be made of sheet metal or said plate, said membershaving angularly' disposed parts and being pivoted to the periphery ofthe base plate at their angle, one of the parts extending horizontallyoutward from the periphery of the base plate', and the other part beinginclined upward and pointing inward toward the center of the plate.

In testimony whereof I'aiiix my signature two witnesses. HENRY L.GARRI'SON. Witnesses:

` S. J. LEHRE'R,

H. Cr. BAToI-rELon.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented NOV. 10, 1914. Applicationfiled February 7, 1914. Serial No. 817,209.

